ilovedale3

For those previous 4K cruisers, did you have a problem with your rooms smelling like cigarette smoke? I know that Deck 3 starboard has smoking areas and we are in Cabin 4201. I am a little worried now about my cabin selection!

So excited to read your review! We will be on the Sunshine next Saturday for the same itinerary so it's great to get to read your thoughts and see your photos. Plus, the scans of the FunTimes are a real blessing for a crazy over-planner like me!

Keep it coming!:D

NINE days to go!:D

Thanks so much for the review! DH and I will be on this cruise Sept. 24!

Even if nothing catastrophic happens, it's still worth it.

We were on a trans-Atlantic cruise a few years ago. I began getting sick about a week and a half into the trip. By the time we hit Barcelona, I had a full-blown sinus infection. Our travel insurance reimbursed us for our trip to the ship's doctor and the meds that he prescribed (which cost much more than the insurance itself).

We always go through Insure My Trip.

Avoid being under the galley. The chopping on the stainless steel counters as they prepare for breakfast can be really loud very early in the morning.

Agreed! We were under the galley on our last cruise. There was all sorts of banging around and things being moved across the floor very early in the AM.

Also be aware of the "white spaces" in amongst the cabins on the deck plans. On our last cruise, the cabin we had looked at choosing was across from a "white space". I was afraid it was a laundry room so I chose another cabin. It turned out it was the room where there was a printing press, cranking out the FunTimes. Holy cow, it was loud! (That was Deck 2 on the Glory by the way.)

My husband and I are child-free by choice. We also prefer to go on cruises with as few children as possible.

We have found that cruises in September are great (school is in session and it's too early for "fall break") as well as early May (too late for spring break, too early for summer vacation).

Longer cruises also seem to have fewer children. We did a 2 week transatlantic cruise and there were very, very few children on it... and that was actually on a Disney cruise! Yes, we love Disney and DCL even though we don't have kids, but again, we always go during off-peak times.

I can't offer any insight to your question, but I have to comment on your screen name, ilovedale3! Check out my screen name and guess what we might have in common!

Good screen name, Julie! :D

I am interested in the Cityview tour, how close is it to the port where Carnival ships dock? I am traveling with my elderly parents, they can walk fairly well, but I am wondering if it is a far walk.

From mapping it on Google Maps, it looks like the CityView booth is quite a long distance away (over a mile). Old Town Trolley is the only one that has a stop at the pier.

I was able to successfully able to price match.

Awesome! Thank you! I will give it a try!

Part of your answer can be found on the Old Town Trolley website

http://www.trolleytours.com/boston/trolley-tours-for-cruise-guests.asp

 

It sounds like the 7 stop tour is something for Carnival only as most lines offer only the main tour without the HOHO option.

I looked at that page and it didn't really answer my question. Carnival actually offers both the HOHO and the 1.5 hour non-stop tour, but that particular page only has the non-stop tour as the cruise ship offering. It still doesn't tell me what I need to know about this HOHO option through Carnival.

We are interested in doing the Old Town Trolley HOHO in Boston next month. We can either book through Carnival or do it ourselves through the Old Town website. What is the real difference (besides price)?

Carnival's description says that this is "specifically designed for cruise ship guests" with 7 stops. OTT's website shows 19 stops along the full route. We really want to maximize our time in port so the 7 stops looks more appealing (as it is quicker and hits the highlights).

However, is there some sort of designation of trolleys that certain ones are only doing this 7-stop route? Would we have be turned away from getting on a "regular" trolley and have to wait for a "special" trolley?

BTW, if you are on Carnival, book the ship's tour then you can price match to Old Town's pricing. You will 110% of the difference in OBC.

Has anyone actually done this? I noticed that the Old Town Trolley website price was cheaper than Carnival, but I see that there are different stops (the one on the OTT site shows all the stops, but the Carnival one says that this is a "special" route for cruise passengers). I didn't know if Carnival was that picky on comparing apples to apples, so to speak.